Mysterious Island poster

Mysterious Island( 1961)

TV-MAAdventureScience Fiction
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A world beyond imagination! Adventure beyond belief!

Overview

During the US Civil War, Union POWs escape in a balloon and end up stranded on a South Pacific island, inhabited by giant plants and animals. They must use their ingenuity to survive the dangers, and to devise a way to return home. Sequel to '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' .

    Top Billed Cast

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      Michael Craig

      Capt. Cyrus Harding

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      Joan Greenwood

      Lady Mary Fairchild

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      Michael Callan

      Herbert Brown

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      Gary Merrill

      Gideon Spilitt

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      Herbert Lom

      Captain Nemo

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      Beth Rogan

      Elena Fairchild

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      Percy Herbert

      Sgt. Pencroft

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      Dan Jackson

      Cpl. Neb Nugent

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      Harry Monty

      Pirate (uncredited)

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    A review by John Chard

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    Written by John Chard on Sat Jan 05 2019
    What I did was in the name of peace. Your war, like all wars, glories in devastation and death. Mysterious Island is a loose adaptation of Jules Verne's novel of the same name. It's out of Columbia Pictures and was filmed at Shepperton Studios in England with exteriors on the coast of Spain. Directed by Cy Endfield, with Ray Harryhausen working his stop motion genius for the creatures, it stars Michael Craig, Joan Greenwood, Michael Callan, Gary Merrill, Herbert Lom, Beth Rogan, Percy Herbert & Dan Jackson. Bernard Herrmann provides the score. The plot sees three Union soldiers escaping i...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    2000000.00

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • exotic island
    • based on novel or book
    • submarine
    • escape
    • war correspondent
    • jules verne
    • cave
    • hot air balloon
    • beehive
    • giant insect
    • romance
    • giant bird
    • stranded
    • marooned
    • pirate
    • struggle for survival
    • giant animal
    • confederate soldier
    • escaped prisoner
    • cooperation
    • american civil war
    • noblewoman
    • prison break
    • captain nemo
    • giant crab
    • volcanic island
    • ammonite
    • food supply
    • union soldiers
    • anti-war activist
    • atomic power